What is ‘oobleck’? How to make it?

Oobleck: the Dr. Seuss Science Experiment

  • A very nice and short workshop with recipe and interesting facts

  • video “A pool filled with non-newtonian fluid”… (we’ve had versions of this chalenge in brasilian TV shows)

For youngers

For olders - scientific facts

Oobleck - Can something be both a solid and a liquid?

  • To talk about science and explanations

  • Lots of questions about the experiemts

    • Can anything traped on it scape? If a bear falls into a poll of oobleck, for example?

    • Or if a block of concrete falls from a very high altitude on top of it, will the block brake apart?

Oobleck and Non-Newtonian Fluids: Crash Course Kids

  • Video with scientific facts about materials and properties

Make a big mess and have a lot of fun!

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Obs.: all images are from the references and giphy.com